Hello Robin;
Never to late to learn new things!
We did not engage in the project because the customer was indecisive and we
did no push because we felt unprepared, lacking the testing means.
I put some code together but our huge problem was not having a printer to
test.
Are you(the company) making a virtual printer to test any soon?
I also practiced with a Dymo label printer I have here. Dymo provides
specific methods and classes to talk directly to the printer . You tell
them what label to print(the full path) , the data to be included(this
depends on the label you select) and how many copies do you want.Even the
tray if it has more than one, all this in few lines of code and without
zpl, In a very simple way. Why is it that I could not find these functions
for Zebra?
Is it coming any time soon? I am sure you have some dlls for mobile
devices(Link os i think is the name), but I could not find anything like
that in pc.
Third and last question. This code presented for sending raw data through
an ip connection, how would it need to be changed if the printer was local?
I seriously need a virtual printer so I can make tests.I am here, the
customer in another continent and both are new to Zebra.
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Hi Tobias.
I am sorry and agree it would be great, but we are not intending to do a virtual printer for IP reasons. If you watch the webinar I think I have some options for what you are asking about in there.
Our SDK does have a way to identify the label you want to print, then use a structure (HashMap in Java) to send the variable data you want printed (FormatUtil (Zebra API (build v2.11.2800)) ). You can also send the data as an XML structure if you want. The Link-OS SDK has a set of Java APIs for PC.
When you say local connection, do you mean USB or local TCP? Which code are you referring to?